With many people currently enjoying or looking forward to their summer holidays it is sobering to consider some of the differences in expectation that workers in different countries will have about how much paid time off they can enjoy. Statutory minim...

(Aarhus/New York) - Two students and their lecturer have won a trip to the UN Rio+20 Conference for Sustainable Development. They will present their project about how universities and business schools can create future leaders of a sustainable world.
"How do we develop a new

(Copenhagen) – Facing potentially devastating impacts of climate change and with attention on corporate sustainability soaring to new heights, the world needs innovators that can lead the push toward more sustainable solutions. The fashion industry has the potential to be one such innovator, working

(Brussels) – The Global Compact hailed the introduction of a new directive on corporate social responsibility (CSR) for Europe, put forth by the European Commission this week in Brussels. In its first statement on the issue in five years, the Commission provides recommendations

(New York) – Today, the Global Compact Board convened at UN Headquarters for for its third meeting in 2010. Topics covered included the 2011 – 2013 Global Compact strategy, integrity measures and the Foundation for the Global Compact.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, as the

(New York) – The UN Global Compact Office released today the report of the Ministerial Session held in conjunction with the Global Compact Leaders Summit 2010, held on 23-25 June in New York.
Ministers and other high-level government officials attending the Ministerial Session encouraged

(New York) – Over 125 Ministers and other high-level Government officials attending a Ministerial Session in conjunction with the third UN Global Compact Leaders Summit today made a strong call for corporate responsibility.
High-level representatives of more than 40 Governments issued a Ministerial Statement

(New Delhi) – Today the Ministry of Corporate Affairs in India released a set of voluntary guidelines on Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility. Released at the conclusion of the first-ever India Corporate Week, the guidelines incorporate all Ten Principles of the United

From the floor of the UN Climate Conference deliberations in Copenhagen, Sea Change Radio Climate Correspondent Cimbria Badenhausen recorded this heated exchange between COP15 President Connie Hedegaard of Denmark and Tuvalu Delegate Ian Fry over whether to immediately consider the Tuvalu Proposal to

(New York) – In recognition of Human Rights Day, the Global Compact has developed guidance and conducted outreach to assist businesses in respecting and supporting human rights within their operations and activities. The following initiatives are of particular note:
Webinar: An Introduction to Business

Copenhagen / Brussels, Monday 16 November > The damaging impacts of corporate lobbying on international efforts to fight climate change are exposed today with the announcement of the eight candidates for the Angry Mermaid Award 2009.
The Angry Mermaid Award is named after the

Following up on our coverage of World Wide Views on Global Warming in April, Sea Change returns to this event that gathered citizen opinions on climate change in more than 40 meetings around the world that just happened. Sea Change Correspondent Cimbria

(New York) – The UNDP Nordic Office and the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs have released a new guidance publication focusing on the implementation of the Global Compact principles by small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs). Small and Medium Sized Enterprises on Their Way

Oslo - Corporate Social Responsibility in a Global Economy, a new paper issued by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs aims at raising awareness about social responsibility in both the private and the public sectors and at strengthening the CSR commitments of Norwegian companies.

Lars Klüver of the Danish Board of Technology talks about the World Wide Views on Global Warming project he directs that will gather opinions of everyday citizens in 45 countries globally in September 2009 to feed into negotiations at the United Nations Climate

Business Ethics: A European Review
Corporate Social Responsibility and SMEs
Due date: January 31, 2007
Mette Morsing & Francesco Perrini (eds.)
For a number of years CSR research has been dominated by a focus on MNCs resulting in severe gap in our knowledge about the particular organisational

Business Ethics: A European Review. Corporate Social Responsibility and SMEs, edited by Mette Morsing & Francesco Perrini.
Due date: January 31, 2007
For a number of years CSR research has been dominated by a focus on MNCs resulting in severe gap in our knowledge about